Technology

Mastercard has launched two separate initiatives that touch the health care market — blockchain for visibility in food systems and Mastercard Healthcare Solutions to detect fraud and bring efficiencies in health care organizations.

Figure Technologies, which has made $600 million in home equity loans in the past year, says its next move will be refinancing student loans.

Western Union has gone live with a service enabling real-time cross-border remittances to India harnessing Unified Payments Interface, the central bank’s payment rails.

Newcomers to the U.S. tend to have a hard time getting credit cards because they lack credit history here. Amex has deployed technology from a fintech, Nova Credit, that could change this.

Facebook’s cryptocurrency would not help underserved communities, despite the claims of its CEO, who is slated to appear before Congress this week.

Harking back to the controversial practices of Bitcoin’s initial users, Tether is gaining traction among merchants that may have trouble getting credit-card processing services, or are charged high card processing fees: adult and online gambling sites, and vaping and cannabis shops.

The card networks’ new buy button, called "click to pay," is merely a stepping stone to providing a foundation for pervasive, invisible payments.

It's time to establish a fintech commission.

Digital payments and new financial services add complexity to the rules, says Joel Sherwin of Weinberg Gonser LLP.

Visa is becoming more reliant on the businesses that it could have easily considered rivals just a few years ago.